How smoking and drinking alcohol causes cancer: Scientists uncover unique patterns of DNA damage

How smoking and drinking alcohol causes cancer: Scientists uncover unique patterns of DNA damage

Scientists have revealed exactly how tobacco smoke damages DNA to drive the development of different types of head and neck cancer, a finding that could unlock new treatments and prevention strategies.

Alcohol Use Linked to Breast and Other Cancers, Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders

While it’s common knowledge that tobacco use increases the risk of cancer, under half of Americans are aware that even low amounts of alcohol use are a leading preventable cause of at least seven types of cancer. Every year, alcohol use contributes to nearly 100,000 cancer cases and about 20,000 cancer deaths, according to a recent advisory from the former U.S. Surgeon General. Notably, drinking even small amounts of alcohol increases the risk of